FINAL REPORT
EXAMINATION: CHEST (PORTABLE AP)

INDICATION: ___ year old man with kinked chest tube, adjusted // eval for
chest tube placement eval for chest tube placement

COMPARISON: Comparison to prior study dated ___ at 11:38 and
selected images from a chest CT dated ___

FINDINGS:

Portable semi-erect chest radiograph ___ at 14:13 is submitted.
No pulmonary edema.
A right basilar pigtail catheter remains in place.

IMPRESSION:

Overall cardiac and mediastinal contours are stable.
Lung volumes remain low.
Linear opacity in the left base likely reflects subsegmental atelectasis.
There continues to be more focal nodular opacity in the right mid to lower lung as well some lateral pleural thickening, which when correlated with the CT dated ___, appears to predominantly correspond to a multiloculated pleural fluid collection and combination of atelectasis and pneumonia.
No pneumothorax is appreciated, although the sensitivity to detect pneumothorax is diminished given semi erect technique.
